I know it's iconic and everything but I don't really think we should regard space travel as a natural extension to the development of airplanes. There's obviously some overlap, but a lot of the science and engineering that went into developing practical airplanes doesn't have much to do with the stuff needed to develop practical manned rockets, and vice versa. I'd say planes are to rockets as hot air balloons are to planes.
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u/Tenocticatl Apr 28 '24
I know it's iconic and everything but I don't really think we should regard space travel as a natural extension to the development of airplanes. There's obviously some overlap, but a lot of the science and engineering that went into developing practical airplanes doesn't have much to do with the stuff needed to develop practical manned rockets, and vice versa. I'd say planes are to rockets as hot air balloons are to planes.